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Surah Al-Jathiyah, Ayah 25 (45:25)

ٱلْجَاثِيَة

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ …

Quran 45:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (“The Crouching”), a Meccan surah of 37 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 501 of the Madani Mushaf.

45:25
وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُنَابَيِّنَٰتٍمَّاكَانَحُجَّتَهُمْإِلَّآأَنقَالُوا۟ٱئْتُوا۟بَِٔابَآئِنَآإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ٢٥
wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum illā an qālū i'tū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."(25)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
  5. بَيِّنَٰتٍbayyinātinclear
  6. مَّاmānot
  7. كَانَkānais
  8. حُجَّتَهُمْḥujjatahumtheir argument
  9. إِلَّآillāexcept
  10. أَنanthat
  11. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
  12. ٱئْتُوا۟i'tūBring
  13. بَِٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināour forefathers
  14. إِنinif
  15. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  16. صَٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

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